Scary Stories - Skulls In The Stars

September 6, 2026

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5 min read

In the story "Skulls in the Stars," a Puritan named Solomon Cain refuses to take the safer swamp road to Torkertown, choosing instead the accursed moor road that no one has traveled in over a year. A breathless youth from the village catches up to him at the crossroads and begs him to reconsider: the moor is haunted by something that has killed a score of men, leaving their bodies "bruised and torn." Cain, a gaunt man with "deep brooding eyes" and a darkly pallid face, sees the warning not as a reason to turn back but as a call to action. "The lords of darkness have laid a curse upon the country," he says. "A strong man is needed to combat Satan and his might. Therefore I go, who have defied him many times."

The fight against a ghostly fiend

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1 (00:02) **Episode Opening & Advertisements** - Brief ads for Brightview Senior Living and the Dr. Sarah Hensley show.
2 (00:44) **Solomon Cain's Dilemma at the Crossroads** - The protagonist, Solomon Cain, is warned by a breathless youth to avoid the Moor Road and take the safer swamp road instead.
3 (01:49) **The Villagers' Urgent Warning** - The youth elaborates on the specific horror of the Moor Road, describing it as a death trap.
4 (02:44) **Cain Sets Out onto the Moors** - Cain ignores the pleas and walks up the Moor Road as the sun sets, entering a landscape of blood-red grass and shadows.
5 (03:35) **The Hunt on the Moor Begins** - Cain hears a human scream and the sound of frantic feet being hunted across the moor.
6 (04:41) **Confrontation with the Ghostly Fiend** - Cain realizes he is not alone and sees a vague, shadowy shape with hideous eyes forming in the moonlight.
7 (05:14) **The Desperate Battle** - Cain is torn by the fiend's talons, bleeding from deep wounds, but refuses to flee.

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Show Notes

If you ever see skulls, Run. If you ever see Skulls in the stars, RUN FASTER

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